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[07:22] Hi
[07:22] hi
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[08:11] Hi :-)
[08:14] hey metcalf
[08:16] just realized that I've been in this channel for a month and have yet to submit a warrior
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[09:05] Mannerisk: what are you waiting for?
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[16:19] hi
[16:32] h
[16:35] Hi flyduck, Mizcu
[16:59] hrm.
[17:01] .hrm
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[17:39] * bvowk grumbles about SF never coming around.
[17:51] popquiz: what happens if you execute the following line: ldp.b #0, >0
[17:51] extrapoints if you can tell me where the postincrement went
[18:23] when you use > or < will it +/- by 1, or by the value thats in that field ?
[18:23] +/- 1
[18:40] what modifier would you put on an ADD to make it add it's a-field to both the a and b field of the instruction specified in its b field ?
[18:40] .F ?
[18:41] none
[18:42] (it cant be done)
[18:42] hm, isnt the code in the .66c scanner loop incorrect in this then? http://corewar.co.uk/scanner.htm
[18:43] it says scan ADD inc, ptr | ptr SNE start+hop, start | JMP scan
[18:43] it adds a&b to a&b
[18:43] but since the ADD is only adding to the b-field of the ptr instruction, isnt it always just comparing start+hop with the next thing ?
[18:43] it just happens that the a&b are stored in a different instruction
[18:44] its adds an instruction into another; if you compile that code, it becomes a add.f $xxx, $zzz
[18:45] you are thinking in terms of "add.f #xxx, $yyy", which doesnt work with the results you thought it would
[19:59] if you have multiple processes running and one executes a dat will the whole program lose?
[20:00] no
[20:00] all processes have to die
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[20:12] hi hi
[20:14] hey fiz
[20:16] hi bvowk
[20:16] how's it going?
[20:18] It goes.
[20:18] It's cold and ugly here.
[20:18] here also
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[21:12] will the command 's10' in the pMARS debugger step 10 steps ?
[21:13] yes
[21:14] how come the command 's' 10 times doesnt have the same effect >_<
[21:15] give s once, then just hit enter
[21:15] if i do 's' once and hit enter 9 times, it's different than doing s10
[21:15] is the thing
[21:16] hmm
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[21:17] my mind isnt really working right now
[21:18] mine neither, nothing im doing today is making sense >_<
[21:34] what do the numbers 0 - 4 indicate in pmars, when i hit one of them the display seems to change but what is it doing?>
[21:36] you are using the SDL-pmars?
[21:36] the one with green graphics?
[21:36] it changes the graphics level
[21:37] 4 = show all 3 = moves, adds, no compares 2= dunno, havent tested 1= dont care, havent needed to test
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[21:39] ahh ok
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[21:42] Hi :-)
[21:44] metcalf: logs, minutes 17 this hour
[21:44] im too stiff to think right now
[21:47] dammit i accidentally altf4'd the wrong window
[21:52] hi hi
[21:55] Does anyone know anything about the ICWT 1991 tournament?
[21:57] umm
[22:05] * Fizmo waves
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[22:16] I stopped writing when I realized that no new written code will top a hill
[22:17] That's not true
[22:17] and decided it wasn't particularly worth taking old code and hitting go on an optimizer
[22:17] oh? I thought there are 3 + 6 programs that work?
[22:17] paper, rock, scissors, and pick 2
[22:18] There's lots of different ways to implement the same strategy, and some haven't been discovered yet
[22:18] Scissors has hundreds of different implementations
[22:19] There's different ways to scan, attack and then finish off the opponent
[22:20] hrm
[22:22] my understanding is sure you can attach an airbag or such, but it is just combining the pre-written elements
[22:22] the best dwarf has already been discovered, there isn't a lot to improve on a quick scan, etc.
[22:23] How come Q^Bob, Q^I and Qslowscan scores better than Q^4.5, when there is nothing to improve?
[22:24] I'm not familiar with those; how much better and were they written by hand?
[22:24] all by hand
[22:25] couple points, which is a lot for a qscan
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[22:26] hi
[22:26] Hi Northstar
[22:27] Are you working on any corewar stuff?
[22:27] By the way, does anyone here have a blog or use twitter?
[22:27] Not at the moment. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.4 via lanboot on my laptop.
[22:28] Mannerisk: if it was just a case of recombining prewritten elements and optimizing, we'd have got bored of it years ago.
[22:29] I'd imagine
[22:30] so how do you go about creating new things under the sun?
[22:31] i try to do it by walking around in circles at 3am
[22:31] it almost works
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[22:34] hai
[22:34] I just read lots of code then play around writing my own stuff, wondering if there's better ways to implement things
[22:35] Hi Flyduck. Are you writing any warriors atm?
[22:35] oh, kind of
[22:36] im writing stuff in order to learn right now, just going off of other people's code and tutorials
[22:36] nothing serious or worth paying attention to